Sundowns were well below par in the first half but improved after the break and might have won by a greater margin than the lone goal by skipper Hlompho Kekana provided for them.
Mosimane gave credit to Baroka for making it difficult for his side, but felt his team were worthy winners in the end.
“A very difficult game, a difficult team to break, they are fighting and had a chance at the end,” Mosimane told SuperSport TV. “I thought Skhwama [Tshepo Matete] was going to compose himself and put it down, but he didn’t.
“I was very unhappy at halftime, I told them [his players] they are not playing their normal football, they are rushing, they must be patient, the goal will come.
“We need to push the ball around and find spaces, something will give in. And we got our goal.
“We pushed them in their own half and we found spaces in between to pass. That’s when we looked dangerous. But they are not an easy team to break, they drew with Chiefs and Pirates also, it’s not easy to play against Baroka. But they don’t win easily either.
“For us it was important to win this game and then go on a break, we have been playing football continuously for 17 months and we need a holiday now. We have got our three points and we are behind in games.”
Sundowns trail Premiership leaders Bidvest Wits by six points but have five games in hand. Mosimane admits though that points on the board are more important.
“[Wits coach] Gavin Hunt is right that games in hand are not games won,” Mosimane said. “But one game at a time. We are not looking at the log table, we have our own targets that we have put for ourselves. We are just on par with our [expected] points.”